Live Testing of Flu on Call™ Overlaps with the Start of Flu Season

This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

Oct 08, 2015 | Mary Hodges

  • How Local Health Departments are Preparing for Avian Influenza

    By Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO  Avian influenza has been a popular topic in the media this past year,...

    Jul 21, 2015 | Guest Author

  • What to Know about Summer Weather and Lyme Disease

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health and infectious disease news...

    Jul 08, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Local Health Department Engages in Pharmacy Preparedness Exercise

    By Mary Wakefield, Intern, Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response, NACCHO For most people, visiting a...

    Jun 25, 2015 | Guest Author

  • CDC Develops Medical Countermeasure Inventory Data Exchange

    By Barbara Nichols, CDC Office of Public Health Scientific Services, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services,...

    Jun 11, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance: A Local Report from the Front Line

    By Jennifer Gutowski, MPH, CIC, Surveillance Coordinator, Philadelphia Department of Public Health The Philadelphia Department of...

    May 27, 2015 | Guest Author

  • How Local Health Departments Can Use “Flu Near You”

    This year’s flu season might be winding down, but the 2015-2016 flu season is right around the corner. Local health departments can...

    May 06, 2015 | Admin

  • Updates for Avian Influenza Preparedness

    On May 1, Iowa governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency to address the rising toll that avian influenza is taking on the...

    May 04, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Apply for the Summer 2015 Local Public Health Policy Scholar Program

    As the 2014-2015 academic year concludes, NACCHO’s Local Public Health Policy and Practice Scholars Program completed a successful...

    Apr 01, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon

  • Live Testing of Flu on Call™ Overlaps with the Start of Flu Season

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  By Erin Roberts, MPH, Program Analyst, Environmental Health and Global Health Security, NACCHO and Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO Influenza viruses cause illness year round, but ‘flu’ season begins...

    Oct 08, 2015 | Mary Hodges

    How Local Health Departments are Preparing for Avian Influenza

    By Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO  Avian influenza has been a popular topic in the media this past year, and the attention on the topic boils down to two primary points of interest: 1) it has affected millions of birds and 2) the disease is similar to ones which have affected humans in […]

    Jul 21, 2015 | Guest Author

    What to Know about Summer Weather and Lyme Disease

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health and infectious disease news and information, visit 

    Jul 08, 2015 | Guest Author

    Local Health Department Engages in Pharmacy Preparedness Exercise

    By Mary Wakefield, Intern, Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response, NACCHO For most people, visiting a Costco Warehouse means getting a great deal, but soon enough it could also mean receiving medical countermeasures in an emergency. On June 4th, 2015, the Costco Warehouse in Prince William County, VA, pilot tested a new program to […]

    Jun 25, 2015 | Guest Author

    CDC Develops Medical Countermeasure Inventory Data Exchange

    By Barbara Nichols, CDC Office of Public Health Scientific Services, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance; and Benjamin Erickson, CDC Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Division of Strategic National Stockpile In response to inventory and tracking needs identified during the 2009 H1N1 Influenza pandemic, the...

    Jun 11, 2015 | Guest Author

    Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance: A Local Report from the Front Line

    By Jennifer Gutowski, MPH, CIC, Surveillance Coordinator, Philadelphia Department of Public Health The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) promotes and protects the health of 1.5 million residents of Philadelphia, in part through surveillance of over 70 communicable diseases and conditions. Of these diseases, few are considered healthcare associated and traditionally, outside of...

    May 27, 2015 | Guest Author

    How Local Health Departments Can Use “Flu Near You”

    This year’s flu season might be winding down, but the 2015-2016 flu season is right around the corner. Local health departments can begin to prepare for the next flu season by using Flu Near You, an online health reporting system. Through Flu Near You, thousands of volunteers answer a brief, weekly digital questionnaire about their […]

    May 06, 2015 | Admin

    Updates for Avian Influenza Preparedness

    On May 1, Iowa governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency to address the rising toll that avian influenza is taking on the state’s poultry industry. Since December 2014, there have been several reports of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) infections in U.S. domestic poultry (both backyard and commercial flocks), captive wild birds, and wild birds […]

    May 04, 2015 | Guest Author

    Apply for the Summer 2015 Local Public Health Policy Scholar Program

    As the 2014-2015 academic year concludes, NACCHO’s Local Public Health Policy and Practice Scholars Program completed a successful pilot year. Twenty graduate-level students from across the country gained firsthand knowledge of the domestic public health landscape and the roles of local health departments. Participants gained subject matter expertise, refined their writing and research skills,...

    Apr 01, 2015 | Nicole Dunifon

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